Amicus Curiae for Los Cedros Natural Reserve in Ecuador
Los Cedros Natural Reserve has lived through a historic moment in time, with the appeal to Rights of Nature, which can be found in the Constitution of Ecuador. Earth Law Center, The Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature and...
New article about Rights of Nature in Ecuador in The Ecologist
“The outcome of a case to protect the Los Cedros Reserve from mining will set a precedent for all future Rights of Nature cases in Ecuador. Los Cedros Reserve in north-western Ecuador is one of the most biologically diverse habitats in...
Big Win in Florida for Rights of Nature!
Orange County, FL, Voters Overwhelmingly Approve ‘Rights of Nature’ Initiative Becomes Largest Municipality in the U.S. to Adopt a ‘Rights of Nature’ LawOrange County, Florida, has become the largest municipality in the United States to adopt a ‘rights of nature’ law. Last...
Coalition Appears Before Ecuador’s Constitutional Court in Possible Historic Rights of Nature Case
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 19, 2020 QUITO, ECUADOR—Today, a coalition of environmental organizations appeared as amicus curiae before Ecuador’s Constitutional Court to seek a robust application of the “Rights of Nature” in order to save the Los Cedros protected forest....
FIELD NOTES FROM EXTRACTIVE FRONTIERS
Our friends from the Center for Humans and Nature in Chicago, recently featured an essay by author Thea Riofrancos as part of our their Question series: How do we live respectfully with the land and with each other? The series...
New article on the emergence of Earth Jurisprudence in Africa
“The emergence of Earth Jurisprudence in Africa is at once innovative and ancient, radical and rooted: a revival and enhancement of time-honoured, Earth-centred human traditions offering a fresh orientation with which the continent might navigate its way into a flourishing,...
GREAT NEWS for Rights of Nature in Ecuador!
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Press conference Amicus Curiae – Los Cedros / Conferencia de prensa Amicus Curiae – Los Cedros
(English below) Están cordialmente invitados e invitadas a la rueda de prensa para anunciar la presentación de Amicus Curiae to the Constitutional Court of Ecuador for the case: Los Cedros, con la participación de representantes del Earth Law Center, Center for Biological...
Entrega de Amicus Curiae para el Caso: Los Cedros entregado a la Corte Constitucional del Ecuador
QUITO, Ecuador— Grupos ambientalistas presentaron hoy un testimonio legal instando a la Corte Constitucional de Ecuador a detener todas las concesiones mineras en el bosque protector Los Cedros, un “Área Clave para la Biodiversidad” global. El documento cita preocupaciones de la famosa primatóloga...
Press release Los Cedros case – Amicus Curiae to Ecuador’s highest Court
(Shared from the Center for Biological Diversity) For Immediate Release, September 4, 2020 Contact: Constanza Prieto Figelist, Earth Law Center, cpfigelist@earthlaw.org, +1 (202) 621-3877Natalia Greene, Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature +593 99 944 3724, nati.greene@gmail.com Alejandro Olivera, Center...
